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We get our first chance to see BYU Basketball in action Friday night when the Cougs host Nebraska in the Marriott Center at 7pm MT. The game is on ESPN+. This is the return game of last year’s exhibition in Lincoln, which the Huskers won 90-89. 5-Star Wing AJ Williams will be in attendance.
BYU won a closed scrimmage last Saturday versus Long Beach State 102-53, a game in which Rob Wright and Bruce Branch were two of three players to each score 20 points.
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Nebraska lost their exhibition opener to Saint Louis last Friday, 79-74. You shouldn’t really draw many conclusions from an exhibition since coaches are toying with lineups and sets; they’re not playing their lineup in such a way to try to win. Nebraska played 13 players in the game.
I expect BYU to have most of its players available, including Jaxon Kohler.
BYU and Nebraska by the Numbers
BYU KenPom: 33
EvanMiya: 25
Nebraska KenPom: 16
EvanMiya: 27
Nebraska Overview
Nebraska lost 4 starters from a team that made the Sweet 16 last year. The one starter they return is First-Team All Big 10 forward Pryce Sandfort, who averaged 18 points on 42% shooting from three. They also return their third-leading scorer and Big 10 Sixth Man of the Year Braden Frager. UVU transfer and Utah native Trevan Leonhardt was one of the main transfers they brought in. They will be out with one of their top transfers in Sam Orme, who also missed their first exhibition.
Nebraska is expected to be a quality team once again, but some of the metrics are higher on them than the humans in the preseason. KenPom has Nebraska 16, while they are just outside the top 25 in ESPN’s early rankings and are 33 in Rothstein’s preseason top 45.
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What I am Watching
BYU’s Starting Five. I expect BYU’s starting 5 this season to be Jaxon Kohler, Tyler Betsey, Bruce Branch, Collin Chandler, and Rob Wright. We’ll see if that materializes.
BYU’s Frontcourt. Jaxon Kohler is eligible, and I expect him to play this game. I’m also curious how BYU uses its other…
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